The ability to update your personal information on sent reports feels like something we should tackle on both the server and client side of things. I've created the issue on https://github.com/cpan-testers/CPAN-Testers-Common-Client/issues/17 so we can work on it. Please add any relevant feedback there!
On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 8:46 PM Doug Bell <d...@preaction.me> wrote: > Yes, it can be put there, once I figure out why it's down and fix that. > May be until tomorrow for that, though. > > > Doug Bell > d...@preaction.me > > > > On May 29, 2018, at 6:39 PM, Joelle Maslak <jmas...@antelope.net> wrote: > > Thanks! I've sent an email to the admin@ address. > > Is this something that can be put on the wiki.cpantesters.org (assuming > that wiki.cpantesters.org is only temporarily down - right now it is > giving a connection reset error)? > > On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 4:24 PM, Doug Bell <d...@preaction.me> wrote: > >> CPAN Testers gets your name when your client gets an error saying that >> your Metabase GUID does not exist, but from there, it stays what it was. >> So, there are two ways: >> >> 1. Create a new profile. Sub-optimal, for the reasons you said. >> 2. Ask me. Send me a private e-mail (ad...@cpantesters.org) including >> your metabase_id.json (which should have your GUID in it, the thing that I >> need). I can then update your information to whatever you'd like. >> >> Part 2 could be automated in the future. But, for now, this is easiest. >> >> I suspect there is also a way to update Metabase profiles, but I'm not >> sure if any client implements it, and I am fairly certain that my >> replacement Metabase server does not do that correctly. So, if anyone has >> some insight on how to update a Metabase profile, I can fix my server to >> make sure it works correctly. >> >> Doug Bell >> d...@preaction.me >> >> >> >> On May 29, 2018, at 1:57 PM, Joelle Maslak <jmas...@antelope.net> wrote: >> >> My old name is still showing up in CPAN testers reports I'm submitting (I >> can see it in log.txt from cpantesters.org, for instance). >> >> I don't want this. >> >> My metabase_id.json file has been manually edited to reflect my name >> instead of the old one, but I didn't generate a new metabase profile - this >> is the same profile I've been using since 2015. I'd love to keep the same >> profile, as I've submitted many tests under it. While I'd love to change >> history, really what I'm asking is at least new reports should show my >> current name. >> >> Where does cpantesters.org get my name from? Do I just need to generate >> a new metabase profile, or am I missing changing something to get the name >> on the old profile to change? >> >> >> > >
